Teacher language policies: Analyzing and (re)imagining policy & practice
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Presentation and Q & A
Location: LSC 745 and/or
Zoom link: Click Here
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and members of the public welcome!
Presented by Dr. Casey Richardson, PhD, candidate for Assistant Teaching Professor, for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE)
This presentation will share an example of a teaching practice in which CLDE added endorsement students recorded their own language policies, and Dr. Richardson will reveal what surfaced when those policies were analyzed. The language policy textual data was deductively coded for student labels, orientations in language planning (Ruiz, 1984), and regimentations of linguistic categories e.g., constructions of academic/formal and home/informal language (Flores & Rosa, 2015) and was inductively coded for emergent themes. Discursive findings illuminated teachers’ beliefs about languages and language users, which raises questions for our consideration such as: Who, if anyone, is responsible for affirming and sustaining CLD students’ cultures, identities, and languages? & How can we conspire to move beyond dichotomous framings and appropriateness-based approaches to language education?
A brief bio for Dr. Casey Richardson:
Dr. Casey Richardson (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education at Western Colorado University, where she prepares pre- and in-service teachers to equitably serve multilingual learners. She earned her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching from the University of Arizona in 2021.
Her research explores topics related to bilingual education, language policy, and the relationships between ideologies, discourses, and (schooling) practices.
Dr. Casey Richardson’s CV can be found here. Please note that certain personal information has been redacted.
Please arrive and/or log on to Zoom a few minutes prior to the presentation as we will start promptly.
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